Tie-clasp.



P. H. LETTRE.

TIE CLASP.

APPLICATION man Aus. 7. 1 915.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Witnesses Attorneys PHILIP H. LETTR, 0F NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

TIE-CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed August 7, 1915. Serial N o. 44,247.

lower portion of a four-in-hand tie to the front of a shirt.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient clasp made up of but few parts and which will operate efliciently to grip the tie as well as the shirt,

the said clasp being reversible so as to be placed with either side outermost.

A further object is to provide a clasp which will not mutilate the fabrics engaged thereby and which will not readily get out of order.

A further object is to provide a clasp the parts of which are so assembled as to tightly grip the fabrics and prevent the clasp from slipping out of position without necessitating the use of teeth or serrations for engaging the fabrics.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the clasp in position upon a tie and shirt. Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge view of the clasp. Fig. 3 is a face view of the clasp. Fig. 4 is a section on line A-B Fig. 3.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a fiat tongue which may be suitably ornamented if desired and .one end of which vis preferably pointed as shown at 2, while formed in the tongue adjacent its other end, is a transverse slot 3. A rectangular opening 4 is formed in the tongue near the pointed end thereof and is of a width equal to the length of the slot 3.

Extending through the slot 3 is the intermediate or crown portion of a spring clip 5 formed of a Hat strip of metal bent to produce opposed arms 6 which have their free ends diverging as at 7 so as to be disposed out of contact with the tongue l. The arms 6 normally meet within the opening Il, the side walls of said opening serving to hold the strip against lateral distortion relative `to the tongue 1.

In using the clasp the same is pressed into engagement with the parts to be held together. Where a tie is to be fastened to the front portion of a shirt, said parts are inserted between one of the arms 6 of the strip and the tongue 1, the greater portion of the tongue being concealed back of the tie and the front of the shirt and that portion of the fabric extending across the opening 4 bein pressed into said opening so as to be irm y gripped by the walls of the opening. This will obviously result in holding the clasp against displacement relative to the fabrics. As the two sides of the clasp are duplicates, it will be apparent that either side can be placed outermost. vBy assembling the parts as described, it becomes unnecessary to use any pivot pins, separate springs or like devices such as ordinarily employed in connection with clasps. If preferred, the tongue 1 can be placed between the tie and the shirt and the tie can be received between the front arm 6 and the tongue 1, while the front portion of the shirt is received between the rear arm 6 and the tongue 1.

What is claimed is A clasp including a tongue having a transverse slot in one end portion and an opening adjacent its other end, and a spring clip formed in a piece separate from the tongue and having an arcuate intermediate portion extending through and fitting snugly within the transverse slot and merging into two vsimilar arms extending along opposite sides respectively of the tongue and normally contacting Within said opening in the tongue, the free ends `of the arms diverging outwardly from the tongue, said tongue being fiat from end to end. 

